DOGWOOD FAMILY CORNACEAE 
SMALL WHITE DOGWOOD 
Cornus paniculata L’Her. 
The Small White Dogwood is a shrub with smooth gray 
twigs, which grows 6-15 feet high. It is found in rich, or more 
often in sandy, soil in both moist and dry places from Maine to 
Minnesota,’ south 
to South Carolina 
and Arkansas. It is 
common in_ the 
northern part of the 
state but less com- 
mon or rare farther 
south. It prefers to 
grow in full sun- 
light and is strictly 
erect and very leafy. 
Because of its 
numerous flower 
clusters and bunches 
of white fruits it 
makes a very showy 
ornamental shrub. 
The opposite 
leaves are ovate- 
lanceolate, acute at 
L ¢ the base, minutely 
hairy on both sides 
and pale beneath. 
The flowers are produced in‘June. The calyx tube is bell 
shaped and slightly 4-toothed. The 4 petals are white and there 
are 4 stamens. The pistil consists of a 2-celled ovary, a short 
style and 1 stigma. The fruit is a 2-seeded drupe which is white 
when mature in August or September. 
The Pagoda or Alternate-leaved Dogwood, Cornus alternifolia 
L. f., is a larger shrub or small tree, reaching 15 feet in height. It is 
our only species with alternate leaves; these, clustered near the ends 
of the greenish and white-streaked branches, are pale and minutely 
hairy beneath. The flowers are white or creamy and the ripe fruits 
are dark blue on reddish stalks. This small tree is well distributed 
throughout Illinois on steep banks and bluffs, cliffs and in ravines. 
It is known from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south to West Virginia 
and Missouri. 
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